Intensive care unit telemedicine: Review and consensus recommendations

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 239-250

  Cummings, Joseph ^a   Krsek, Cathleen ^a   Vermoch, Kathy ^a   Matuszewski, Karl ^a  

^a University HealthSystem Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus recommendations; EICU; ICU IT; ICU telemedicine; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; TELEMEDICINE;

CLINICAL TRIALS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 34547438191     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860607302777     Document Type: Article

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